# LCMS Convention Proceedings_St. Louis Missouri_1953_S1206
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PUBLICATION MATTERS

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ake “Lutheran Witness” a Weekly Publication
(Memorial 705)
The undersigned respectfully submits to the 1953 triennial
tion of The Lutheran Church — Missouri Synod the sug-
that the official organ of the Synod, the Lutheran Witness,
ade a weekly, instead of the present biweekly, publication.
‘By the grace of God our church body has greatly grown in
abership. New congregations and mission stations have been
ed in all sections of the United States and Canada. The de-
has increased for space in our official organ to publish news
es and reports of important events throughout Synod. The
jeress and expansion of Synod’s work call for more frequent
iublication in order to secure more adequate coverage of synodical
‘activities than is possible under the present arrangement.
_j~. Other Lutheran bodies have long ago established weekly pub-
ications, e.g., the Lutheran (ULCA), the Lutheran Standard
(ALC), the Lutheran Herald (ELC), and the Lutheran Companion
(Augustana).
». Format and size of a new weekly publication, naturally, must
be. determined by the staff of the Lutheran Witness and the synod-
ical board in charge of Lutheran Witness policy, in co-operation
-with Concordia Publishing House.
.. I further petition Synod to consider establishing the policy of
including a representative of Synod’s Department of Public Rela-
tions on the Lutheran Witness Editorial Board.
Juiius F, E. Nicketssurc
Queens Village, L.1., N. Y.

Improvements in the “Lutheran Witness”
(Memorial 706)

Wuereas, It seems evident that the problem of securing greater
readership of synodical publications, particularly the Lutheran
Witness, deserves the wider study possible by a synodical committee
rather than a committee in a District of Synod; and

Wuereas, It appears that this is becoming a more pressing
-problem with each passing year; therefore be it

Resolved, That the Western District of The Lutheran Church —
Missouri Synod memorialize the next convention of The Lutheran
Church — Missouri Synod at Houston, Tex., to appoint a committee
to make a thorough study of further improvements in the Lutheran
Witness which would increase reader appeal.

Tae WEsTERN DistRIcT
T. A. Wsinno.p, President
Watrer J. WaARNECK, Secretary